AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY

WORLDWIDE

Stes de Necker

Life expectancy equals the average number of years a person born in a given country would live if mortality rates at each age were to remain constant in the future.

The life expectancy is shown separately for males and females, as well as a combined figure. Several non-sovereign entities are also included in this list.

The figures reflect the quality of healthcare in the countries listed as well as other factors including ongoing wars, obesity, and HIV infections.

Worldwide, the average life expectancy at birth was 71.0 years (68.5 years for males and 73.5 years for females) over the period 2010–2013 according to United Nations World Population Prospects.

 According to the World Health Organization (WHO), women on average live longer than men in all countries.

The countries with the lowest overall life expectancies per the WHO are Sierra Leone, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea-Bissau ,Lesotho, Somalia, Swaziland, Angola, Chad, Mali, Burundi, Cameroon, and Mozambique.

 Of those countries, only Lesotho, Swaziland, and Mozambique in 2011 were suffering from an HIV prevalence rate of greater than 10 percent in the 15–49 age group.

List by the World Health Organization (2013)  

Data published in 2015.

Overall rank	Country	Overall life expectancy	Male life expectancy	Female life expectancy
1	Japan	84	80	87
2	Andorra	83	79	86
2	Australia	83	81	85
2	Italy	83	80	85
2	San Marino	83	82	84
2	Singapore	83	80	85
2	Switzerland	83	81	85
8	Canada	82	80	84
8	Cyprus	82	80	84
8	France	82	79	85
8	Iceland	82	81	84
8	Israel	82	80	84
8	Luxembourg	82	80	84
8	Monaco	82	79	86
8	New Zealand	82	80	84
8	Norway	82	80	84
8	Spain	82	79	85
8	Sweden	82	80	84
19	Austria	81	78	83
19	Finland	81	78	84
19	Germany	81	78	83
19	Greece	81	78	83
19	Ireland	81	79	83
19	Malta	81	79	83
19	Netherlands	81	79	83
19	Portugal	81	77	84
19	Republic of Korea	81	78	85
19	United Kingdom	81	79	83
29	Belgium	80	78	83
29	Chile	80	77	83
29	Denmark	80	78	82
29	Lebanon	80	78	82
29	Slovenia	80	77	83
34	Colombia	79	76	83
34	Costa Rica	79	77	81
34	Cuba	79	76	81
34	Nauru	79	75	83
34	Qatar	79	79	80
34	United States	79	76	81
40	Barbados	78	75	81
40	Croatia	78	74	81
40	Czech Republic	78	75	81
40	Kuwait	78	78	79
44	Bahrain	77	76	78
44	Bosnia and Herzegovina	77	75	80
44	Brunei Darussalam	77	76	78
44	Dominican Republic	77	76	78
44	Estonia	77	71	81
44	Maldives	77	76	78
44	Panama	77	74	80
44	Peru	77	75	79
44	Poland	77	73	81
44	Suriname	77	75	80
44	Uruguay	77	73	81
55	Argentina	76	73	79
55	Cook Islands	76	73	78
55	Macedonia	76	73	78
55	Mexico	76	73	79
55	Montenegro	76	73	78
55	Oman	76	74	78
55	Saudi Arabia	76	74	78
55	Slovakia	76	72	80
55	Tunisia	76	74	78
55	United Arab Emirates	76	76	78
55	Venezuela	76	72	80
55	Vietnam	76	71	80
67	Antigua and Barbuda	75	73	77
67	Bahamas	75	72	78
67	Belize	75	72	78
67	China	75	74	77
67	Dominica	75	72	77
67	Ecuador	75	73	78
67	Hungary	75	71	79
67	Libya	75	73	77
67	Paraguay	75	72	78
67	Saint Lucia	75	71	79
67	Serbia	75	72	77
67	Sri Lanka	75	71	78
67	Thailand	75	71	79
67	Turkey	75	72	78
81	Albania	74	73	75
81	Brazil	74	70	77
81	Bulgaria	74	71	78
81	Cabo Verde	74	71	78
81	Georgia	74	70	78
81	Honduras	74	72	77
81	Iran	74	72	76
81	Jamaica	74	72	77
81	Jordan	74	72	75
81	Latvia	74	69	79
81	Lithuania	74	68	80
81	Malaysia	74	72	76
81	Mauritius	74	70	78
81	Niue	74	72	78
81	Romania	74	71	78
81	Saint Kitts and Nevis	74	71	78
81	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	74	72	76
81	Seychelles	74	69	78
99	Grenada	73	69	77
99	Nicaragua	73	70	76
99	Palau	73	71	75
99	Samoa	73	70	77
103	Algeria	72	70	73
103	Azerbaijan	72	69	75
103	Belarus	72	67	78
103	Cambodia	72	70	75
103	El Salvador	72	68	77
103	Guatemala	72	68	75
103	Vanuatu	72	70	74
110	Armenia	71	67	75
110	Egypt	71	69	74
110	Indonesia	71	69	73
110	Morocco	71	69	73
110	Republic of Moldova	71	66	75
110	Tonga	71	74	69
110	Ukraine	71	66	76
117	Bangladesh	70	69	71
117	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	70	66	73
117	Iraq	70	66	74
117	Marshall Islands	70	68	72
117	Trinidad and Tobago	70	67	74
122	Fiji	69	67	73
122	Kyrgyzstan	69	66	73
122	Micronesia	69	68	70
122	Philippines	69	65	72
122	Russian Federation	69	63	75
122	Solomon Islands	69	67	70
122	Uzbekistan	69	67	72
129	Bhutan	68	68	69
129	Bolivia	68	65	70
129	Kazakhstan	68	63	72
129	Nepal	68	67	69
129	Syrian Arab Republic	68	62	76
129	Tajikistan	68	67	69
129	Tuvalu	68	66	70
136	Mongolia	67	64	72
136	Namibia	67	64	69
136	Sao Tome and Principe	67	65	69
139	India	66	64	68
139	Kiribati	66	64	69
139	Lao People's Democratic Republic	66	64	67
139	Myanmar	66	64	68
139	Timor-Leste	66	65	68
144	Pakistan	65	64	66
144	Rwanda	65	63	66
146	Ethiopia	64	62	65
146	Madagascar	64	62	65
146	Senegal	64	63	66
146	Yemen	64	62	65
150	Eritrea	63	61	66
150	Gabon	63	62	64
150	Guyana	63	60	67
150	Mauritania	63	61	65
150	Sudan	63	61	65
150	Turkmenistan	63	60	67
156	Botswana	62	61	63
156	Comoros	62	60	63
156	Ghana	62	61	64
156	Haiti	62	61	64
156	Liberia	62	60	63
156	Papua New Guinea	62	60	65
162	Djibouti	61	60	63
162	Gambia	61	59	63
162	Kenya	61	59	62
162	United Republic of Tanzania	61	59	63
166	Afghanistan	60	58	61
167	Benin	59	57	60
167	Congo	59	57	60
167	Malawi	59	58	60
167	Niger	59	59	59
167	South Africa	59	56	62
172	Burkina Faso	58	57	59
172	Guinea	58	57	59
172	Togo	58	57	59
172	Zimbabwe	58	56	60
176	Mali	57	57	57
176	Uganda	57	56	58
176	Zambia	57	55	58
179	Burundi	56	54	57
179	Cameroon	56	55	57
181	Equatorial Guinea	55	54	57
181	South Sudan	55	54	56
183	Guinea-Bissau	54	53	56
183	Nigeria	54	53	55
183	Swaziland	54	52	55
186	Cote d'Ivoire	53	52	54
186	Mozambique	53	52	54
186	Somalia	53	51	55
189	Democratic Republic of the Congo	52	50	53
190	Angola	51	50	52
190	Central African Republic	51	50	52
190	Chad	51	50	52
193	Lesotho	50	49	52
194	Sierra Leone	46	45	46